Two of the three candidates who ran and lost in the last presidential election - Dr Tan Cheng Bock and Mr Tan Jee Say - will not make the cut for the next presidential polls under changes to the...
A paint is said to keep mosquitoes off your walls, and one town council is going to test it out.
Developed by Japanese firm Kansai Paint, the paint contains permethrin, a commonly used insecticide that could ward off the Aedes...
Broad changes to tighten the eligibility criteria for presidential candidates from the public and private sectors have been recommended by the Constitutional Commission.
The changes are to ensure that whoever is elected has the expertise and experience to carry out...
Analysts and MPs yesterday welcomed a panel's proposed changes for the elected presidency, but cautioned that some might lead to negative consequences if enacted.
They point to three possible changes that worry them. One, the more stringent eligibility criteria could...
If Singapore has not had a president from a particular racial group for five continuous terms, the next presidential election should be reserved for candidates from that group, a high-level panel tasked to review the elected presidency proposed.
This ensures...
To resolve the tension between the symbolic and custodial roles of the president, a panel tasked with reviewing the elected presidency has suggested that the Government consider "unbundling" those functions at some point.
In its report published yesterday, the Constitutional...
SINGAPORE - The number of new Zika cases fell to eight on Wednesday (Sept 7), according to figures from the Ministry of Health (MOH), but a new cluster could be forming.
As of noon, MOH has confirmed eight new cases...
Two sisters stand to share more than $170,000 from their late brother's Central Provident Fund (CPF) account after proving that his marriage to a Chinese national was a sham.
Soon Chwee Guan - who was unemployed - wed Diao Yanmei,...
Students entering the National University of Singapore's (NUS') faculty of arts and social sciences this year will go through a revised curriculum that will give them more leeway to customise their undergraduate education.
The changes aim to offer more choice...
Would-be employers of domestic helpers can now check on the effectiveness of a maid agency, following a new rating system based on scores given to an agency by its customers.
The information can be found on the Ministry of Manpower's...
